Drs. Nora Volkow and Wilson Compton Discuss MTF 2013 Results
Drs. Nora Volkow and Wilson Compton Discuss MTF 2013 Results – NIDA Director Nora Volkow and NIDA Deputy Director Dr. Wilson Compton discuss 2013 Monitoring the Future results on teen illicit drug, alcohol and tobacco us…
Death of Philip Seymour Hoffman Brings Heroin Use to the National Discussion …
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For the past 29 years, Hall has tracked patterns and trends of substance abuse in Florida as the state's representative on the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Community Epidemiology Work Group. Hall compiles local drug abuse data including …
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How ?The Feds' Million Roadblocks Secretly Tested Drivers For Booze
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NHTSA runs the roadblock studies, called the National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers, like this: local police stop motorists, order them into the roadblock area without talking to them, and then federal contractors ask them to …
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RIA helps shatter myths about prescription, OTC drugs
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National Drug Facts Week aims to “Shatter the Myths” teens may hold about drug use and abuse — and research by scientists at UB's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) supports that message. Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), …
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